Copper Kettle Prospect

The Copper Kettle Prospect is a copper mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Kettle Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Copper Kettle District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: E. J. Bottomley -Copper Kettle Group.
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Congden And Carey, Ltd.
Years: 1962 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ne-Trending Fault, Dipping (30-40deg Se)

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense;-Epidote, Garnet, Limonite; Oxidation Of Copper Ore

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SND A TRACE AU. HIGH-GRADE VEIN MATERIAL RAN 11.76% CU.
Analytical Data: 16-85PPM MO
Analytical Data: 0.04-0.22 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: 5 SAMPLES RAN 0.025-0.06% CU

Materials

Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (COPPER KETTLE GROUP); COBRE & CUPRE GROUPS OF 60 LODE AND 6 PLACER CLAIMS, COVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 1750 ACRES WITHIN WHICH GEOLOGICAL, GEO CHEMICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA INDICATED THE POSSIBILITY OF A LARGE LOW-GRADE COPPER DEPOSIT. EXTENSIVE GEOCHEM SAMPLING, MAGNETIC SURVEYS AND DRILLING WERE DONE IN 1962.

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS, DRILLHOLES.

Comment (Location): EAST FLANK OF THE BUENA VISTA IRON DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): STOTESBURY, H.W., 1917, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE "COPPER KETTLE" GROUP, LOVELOCK, NV; UNPUB. REPT. ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE4, ITEM 2.

Reference (Deposit): CONGDEN & CAREY, LTD, 1963, FINAL REPORT ON THE COPPER KETTLE PROSPECT, CHURCHILL CO., NV; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG; FILE 4, ITEM 1.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.